New York -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- For Angel Rojas , the daily bus ride through the streets of Brooklyn provided a respite from a hardscrabble existence juggling two low-paying jobs .

`` It was his time to relax , '' his wife 's cousin , Josie Guerrero , said Saturday . `` His time to take the load off . He usually listened to music or talked on the phone . It was a few minutes of calmness . ''

That peace was shattered Thursday evening as Rojas shuttled between jobs , hoping to make a quick stop at home to see his wife and two children . It was his final bus trip .

A young man boarded the bus , police said . In the rear , a 14-year-old boy police described as a member of a street gang called the Stack Money Goons allegedly spotted a member of a rival gang and pulled out a .357 - caliber revolver .

Shots were fired , the bullets missing the intended target , police said .

Rojas , 39 , was hit in the head and declared dead later at a hospital near where his bus trip began .

`` Pretty big gun for a pretty small man , '' Police Commissioner William Bratton said of the suspected gunman .

On Friday , Kathon Anderson was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon , according to the Brooklyn district attorney 's office . He is to be tried as an adult .

`` Just as everyone in New York probably feels terrible about it , we feel terrible about it too , '' Anderson 's lawyer , Frederic Pratt , told reporters , according to CNN affiliate WCBS . `` I 'm just going to ask everyone not to rush to judgment . ''

Anderson allegedly belonged to Stack Money Goons and targeted a rival from another group known as TWAN Family , police said .

`` The stupidity of those gangs that basically , over nothing , are trying to kill each other and , unfortunately , in the process , kill innocents as they did with this hard working young man trying to raise his family , '' Bratton said . `` A life needlessly lost , taken by a 14-year-old who felt it necessary to carry a gun on a city bus and shoot it . ''

On Saturday , Rojas ' wife was raising money for a wake and to fly her husband 's body home to his native Dominican Republic .

`` He was the sole provider , '' Guerrero said . `` She never thought she would have to bury her husband and raise the children alone . ''

The couple has two children : a 12-year-old son , Saury , and 8-year-old daughter , April .

`` Why he did that to my dad ? '' Saury asked , according to WCBS .

Guerrero said , `` He was just sitting on a bus . He had nothing to do with this . ''

Angel Rojas and his wife came to New York from the Dominican Republic about five years ago , Guerrero said . She held occasional part-time jobs ; he stocked shelves at two Brooklyn bodegas .

`` He was a hard worker and a family man devoted to giving his family a better life , '' Guerrero said . `` He was the funniest man you would ever meet . Everyone loved him . His laughter and his presence stayed with you . ''

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Angel Rojas , 39 , was shot and killed while riding a bus between jobs , police say

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A 14-year-old boy is charged in the shooting

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Teen allegedly opened fire after spotting a rival gang member , police say

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Police commissioner : `` The stupidity of those gangs that basically , over nothing , are trying to kill each other ''